From TechXplore.com….
Fragmentation and aggregation attacks—or frag attacks—refer to a series of design flaws and programming security vulnerabilities affecting Wi-Fi devices. Recent studies have shown that any attacker within radio range of a target can potentially exploit these flaws.
Research indicates that while the design flaws may prove more challenging to abuse due to the need for user interaction or uncommon network settings, the vulnerabilities related to programming pose a more significant risk.
Unfortunately, these security flaws affect all contemporary Wi-Fi security protocols, from today’s latest WPA3 spanning back to WEP beginning in 1997. This means that a plethora of devices have likely had similar vulnerabilities for many years.
Given the enhanced security protocols for Wi-Fi products over the years, these vulnerabilities have come as something of a surprise. In fact, researchers revealed that the flaws originated with some of the first Wi-Fi protocol back in the mid-1990s. That said, the flaws in programming exist in all mobile devices.
